婚礼的预算The Wedding Budget

New words

• 婚礼hūnlǐ — wedding
• 预算yùsuàn — budget
• 包括bāokuò — to include
• 浪费làngfèi — to waste
• 省shěng — to save (money)
• 专门zhuānmén — specially
• 具体jùtǐ — specific, concrete

The story

马克：我们的婚礼在二月。今天，我们来做婚礼的预算。Our wedding is in February. Today, we're doing the wedding budget.

小雨：哇，马克，又一个大本子！Wow, Mark, another giant notebook!

马克：这是我专门为婚礼买的。专门写预算。I bought this specially for the wedding. It's just for the budget.

大卫：预算一共多少钱？How much is the budget altogether?

马克：两万块。包括酒店、吃的、衣服、照片、花……Twenty thousand yuan. That includes the hotel, food, clothes, photos, flowers...

安娜：马克的预算很具体。每一块钱都写了！Mark's budget is very detailed. Every single yuan is written down!

马克：过奖了！这个预算，我花了三个星期的功夫。You flatter me! This budget took me three weeks of work.

大卫：那预算包括我吗？So does the budget include me?

Opening the lesson…